While training in Mistral, Oscar taps into one of Ozpin's magical abilities. Surrounded by women he's attracted to and already straining under the burden of inheriting the wizard's reins over the world, Oscar grows increasingly tempted to use his newfound power to escape his troubles. Will he follow in Ozpin's footsteps and condemn the world for his own whims or find a better way?

In the wake of Salem's attack on Atlas, the scattered heroes of Remnant must find a way to set their differences aside and put a stop to the greatest threat they've ever faced: for when Salem gathers the relic, the powers of a very specific Maiden, and ancient magics forced awake by monsters in her charge, the past will be brought to the present, and the remnant will face oblivion.

This is a collection of selected works from the r/RWBY Writing Prompt Wednesday thread. This is a sort of anthology work, with dozens of different prompt responses and character focuses.

Ancient magics conspired to bring about the creation of a single life that would change the fate of Remnant. In another time and place, that never came to pass. Semblances cut gaps in the barriers and echoes now pass between. In the end, a mother's love may be the key to the salvation of two worlds... or to their undoing. Alternate Volume 5. Cover art by Redditor GrapesWithCoffee.

After the Battle of Haven, Yang is feeling vulnerable and has a lot to work through. When a personal tragedy strikes Kali Belladonna, Yang tries to bond with her and finds the mother figure she's been lacking, but the longer she spends with Kali, the more complex her feelings become... because of how much Kali reminds Yang of another girl she used to love.

Jaune Arc possesses a unique ability to forge friendship in strangers. More than that, he can see the good where others do not. When it comes to a psychopathic criminal and a former terrorist, he starts to see a side neither knew they had... and a way to bring them back to the light. Cover image courtesy of Redditor GrapesWithCoffee.

Yang catches up with Team RNJR in Mistral. Jaune surprises her with his growth and the changes he's undergone, and the two bond over their shared experiences and trauma. Yang seizes an opportunity when it presents itself to claim the knight as her own... only to later learn her mother Raven Branwen has her own plans for the boy.

Yang encourages Tai to finally get out of the house and have some time to himself. While helping his old friends in Vale, he catches up with one of his old students and becomes entranced by the woman she has become. Soon he finds himself torn between the power of the spark he feels for her and his duty of care to his daughter. What will he do? What will he choose?

Ren invited Blake to a weekly get together, noticing someone who might share in peace and quiet with him. But when the two find themselves alone together, away from their teammates, they find an entirely different side of themselves... a side only for each other. Cover image courtesy of redditor GrapesWithCoffee.

Cinder is dispatched on a mission to kill Qrow before he can recover. In the midst of the attack, she does battle with Jaune Arc, and finds herself unable to kill him. Instead she is driven by a very different emotion, one that may not be her own... but rather the lingering soul of Pyrrha Nikos, possibly still alive within her. Cover art by Jack Wayne.

A RWBY-themed park in the vein of "Westworld" is under threat of closure. Its mysterious overseer wants to tell one more story before he loses control of his creation. One very specific girl may be the key to changing the park's destined fate... if she can carry the burden and find the secret hidden at the bottom of the well. Welcome to RERemnant.

A magnetic disturbance in Beacon draws the attention of the World Council. Concerned about a possible tie to Pyrrha, Jaune asks Ruby and the remnants of Team JNPR to return to the academy to investigate... while the villainous Dr. Merlot returns with a new ally and a new plan for the Grimm.

A man from a long lost kingdom arrives in the ruins of Beacon searching for his missing "snow angel", while Weiss desperately tries to prevent Blake from running before her father arrives to whisk her away.